I hate the dog

[avebury]

57. I am glad that, despite not being crazy about your dog that you at

least care enough to outlive it. I guess you are just grinning and bare it.

It is a sensitive topic right now because I have neighbors with a 7 month old pit-lab mix who is a over grown, over energetic big lug of a dog (who does have a lot of potential). They have a small back yard (fortunately they haven't just dumped in the yard 24/7) and isn't getting anywhere near the amount of exercise he needs. He keeps jumping over their fence into the lot next to my house. He really wants someone to play with and I have 3 dogs.

Last Saturday he jumped out again. I went in the house, grabbed one of the leashes and by the time I came out the front door he was coming around the corner into my yard. After bowling me over (he is a big goofy lug after all) I managed to get the leash on him and walked him around the corner to his house. With no one home, I put him in this backyard and walked home where
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Yes, you guessed it, he met me in my front yard. He hung out with me a while and then took off. His owners did find him later on that day. I had a talk with his owner on Saturday to tell her that 1) he needed obedience classes as he is a legal problem waiting to happen if he gets out, knocks someone down and injures the person; 2) not being street savvy he is at risk for getting hit by a car because he isn't paying too much attention to the traffic; and 3) I pointed out the obvious that they need to find a way to tire him out from his excess energy.

I saw the neighbor Monday night and was talking to her. The dog was standing right next to her and of course he went over the fence (sigh). The lady said I can't believe he did that with us right there. I went and got a leash, called him to me (playing matador so as to not be run over) and walked him home -- again.


Since then I have thought of a copy of suggestions on some changes they could easily make to their fence to keep him in the yard and I will pass them along the next time I see her.

If they can work on teaching the dog manners and adequate exercise he will be a really nice dog. I don't think that he was the best choice for their situation but if they work at it they can make it work.